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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EMSA 4310 - Fire and Emergency Services Administration

3.0 - 3.0
This course is designed to be a progressive primer for students who want more knowledge about fire and emergency services administration. The course demonstrates the importance of the following skills that are necessary to manage and lead a fire and emergency services department through the challenges and changes of the 21st century: Persuasion and influence, accountable budgeting, anticipation of challenges and the need for change, and using specific management tools for analyzing and solving problems. A central part of the course focuses on how the leadership of a fire and emergency services department develops internal and external cooperation to create a coordinated approach to achieving the departments mission. Prerequisite(s): none.